Jared Diamond's "Guns Germs and Steel" mirror similar ideas. Is GEOGRAPHY destiny?
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http://www.historytoday.com/ian-morr...plains-history
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You may have noticed that all the historical examples I have mentioned ? Italy, Greece, Israel, India, China ? lie in a narrow band of latitudes, roughly 20-35° north, stretching across the Old World. This is no accident: in fact, it is a crucial clue as to why the West rules. Humans may all be much the same, wherever we find them, but the places we find them in are not. Geography is unfair and can make all the difference in the world.
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